Milwaukee M18 Random Orbital Sander - We took a 2.5 Year Look Back Review

Milwaukee M18 Random Orbital Sander 2648-21
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Purchase Link: $99.00 https://shrsl.com/2rxtd

I reviewed this sander about 2.5 years ago. While its not used every day it has seen a lot of use and it’s mostly great.
Here’s a quick refresher:
This sander has a 5” hook and loop pad and is marketed to be able to perform like a corded sander with a max 12,000 OPM output.
The VS dial allows you to control the tool orbit speed from 7,000-12,000 to match your sanding application.
And as far as runtime goes, you can expect approximately 35 minutes of run-time on a 3.0Ah Battery Pack.
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OK….When I reviewed this sander, there were 3 take-aways that impressed me.
First is that this sander is powerful and can perform as well as a corded sander.
Second, it can remove a ton of material - that’s something I’m a fan of!
Third, having the ability to use a sander on a 32’ ladder without having to drag a trip hazard cord is a plus.
When designing this sander, Milwaukee listened to end user’s complaints of dust bags wearing or ripping.
They designed a plastic, dust canister with an integrated paper filter. The filter protects the tool while the canister collects the dust.
At the time of my review the dust canister impressed me because I felt it provided a more durable dust containment solution than a bag with a spring in it.
As a result, we said that Milwaukee hit a home run with this tool and did not break the bank doing it.
So how’d we do?
Did we get it right?
We’ll mostly, the problem we found overtime was that the dust box constantly falls off the tool – spilling saw dust everywhere.
To deal with this we first used rubber bands and finally resorted to zip ties to hold the lid on.
A little over a year ago, Milwaukee made a design change to this sander to address the dust box issues. It now claps more securely
Another complaint is that Milwaukee provides an adapter to use this sander with a vac hose - Guess where the adapter hides - you guessed it - anywhere you're not looking. It gets lost.

Milwaukee should figure a way to avoid a loose adapter and make it integrated on the tool.


Would we still recommend buying this sander? Yep – it’s a solid sander. I’m hoping the dust canister redesign issues solved – Time Will Tell!
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